13| #NotNCAAProperty & the Exploitation of College Athletic Workers w/ The End of Sport Pod’s Dr. Derek Silva
I am joined this week on the podcast by Dr. Derek Silva, Sociologist from Kings University College in Canada. Derek is also the co-host of the @EndofSportPod with Dr. Johanna Mellis and Nathan Kalman-Lamb. Please check out their podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify!
Derek broke down the exploitation of NCAA College Athletic Workers and their March 2021 article in The Guardian, ‘I signed my life to rich white guys’: athletes on the racial dynamics of college sports.” We also discuss the March 31st Supreme Court arguments for NCAA v. Alston and NIL (Name, image, likeness), and what might come next; and discuss the College Athletic Bill of Rights introduced by congress that would potentially give NCAA college athletic workers 50% profit shares from revenue-generating sports after accounting for the cost of scholarships. Derek also echoes Dr. Billy Hawkins, and how the NCAA is “The New Plantation,” another form of Racial Capitalism and calls out the BS outdated NCAA argument of “Amateurism.”
Lastly, Derek gives his take on the impact of COVID-19 on College Athletic Workers and why those in power do not really care about college athletes, pro-athletes, or fans during the pandemic as stadiums/arenas are opening to fans. I close the podcast with this episode’s Molotov MVP, Spurs legendary Head Coach Greg Popovich, who sounds off on the Police murder of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potters on Sunday, April 11, 2021, near Minneapolis. All this while the world watches the trial of the Minneapolis cop who murdered George Floyd last May.
When will it end? When will the Enemies in Blue stop murdering Black People and People of Color?
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